Non-refillable bottle



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J. P. KRIBS. NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

Patented Nov. 1o, 1896.

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J OI-IN FRANK KRIES, OF CHARLESTON, VEST VIRGINIA.

NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Len-,ers Patent No. 571,047, datedNovember 1o, 189e. Application tiled May 1S, 1896. Serial No. 5 91,954.(No model.)

To all whom t may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN FRANK KRIEs, a citizen of the United States,residing at Charleston, in the county of Kanawha and State of WestVirginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Non-Refillable Bottles, of which the following is a specication, referencebeing had therein to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to a non-refillable bottle, and particularly to aform of cork or stopper adapted to be used in connection with a form ofbottle shown in an application led by me in the United States PatentOffice on the 22d day of April, 1896, Serial No. 588,498, and whileshown in this connection I do not desire to limit myself in theapplication of the present improvement to the particular form of bottlemade the subject of my former application.

In the drawings I have illustrated the invention as applied to the formof bottle re ferred to, and in Figure 1 I show a side elevation of sucha bottle with the improvement of the present invention applied. Fig. 2is a sectional view. Fig. 3 is a detail view of the stopper.

In the drawings, A represents a bottle of ordinary construction, andthis is provided with a glass cap B, which has at its upper endinwardly-extending projections b, adapted to be engaged by spring-bailsC, secured to the neck of the bottle by a wire D, and it will beobserved that when the glass cap is slipped over the bottle and theprojections b engage the spring-bails the cap is securely held andcannot bev removed except by breaking the same. This is theconstruction, broadly, of the application referred to, but in thisconstruction it is not possible to extract any of the contents of thebottle except by breaking the glass cap, as the mouth of the bottle insuch case is sealed by a stopper of ordinary form.l

It is the object of the present invention to provide an improved stopperwhich will permit of the discharge of the contents of the bottlegradually without breaking the glass cap. To this end I form the stopper(shown in Fig. of cork, rubber, or other suitable material, making itscircumference of such size as to fit the bottle, this being preferablytapered, as shown at cz. The upper part of the cork or stopper iscone-shaped, and this cone covers a central passage b. The cone isdivided by four slits Z, and the tongues left bythe slits aresufficiently exible to open when the bottle is inverted and allow theliquid to run out, but they immediately close when the bottle` isrestored to its former position. After the liquid passes through thestopper it is between the neck of the bottle and the cap, and to allowit to be discharged from this space I provide an opening cin the cap,which is closed by a suitable stopper d.

The projections Z9 are of course integral with the glass of the cap andare hollow, as shown in Fig. 1. A rib e forms a bearing for the wire Dand prevents upward movement of the same. The bottle-neck is providedwith an inclined rib f, which serves to prevent downward displacement ofthe wire D,

is a support for the cap, and prevents any tampering with the bails C.This rib is inclined and has a passage g at its lowest point, and whenthe liquid flows from the bottle through the stopper to the spacebetween the cap and neck it passes through passage g, below the rib f,and out at the opposite side through the opening c. Under the lower edgeof the cap I place a cork gasket or ring i.

l. In combination with a bottle, a cap sealing the neck thereof, wirebails on the bottleneck engaging the cap said bails being located withinthe cap, a stopper fitted to the bottle and adapted to allow the egressof the fluidand an opening in the cap with a closure for said opening,substantially as de-A scribed.

2. In combination with a bottle, a cap sealing the neck thereof, andsecured thereto, a stopper fitted to the bottle within the cap andadapted to allow the egress of the fluid, a projecting rib around theneck and between it and the inner wall of the cap having a passagethrough it and an exit-opening in the cap on the side opposite the saidpassage, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN FRANK KRIES. lVitnesses:

HENRY E. COOPER, WM. F. HALL.

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